sound proofing

redlady_1

Can anyone recommend suitable sound proofing for walls please? I am fed up of the neighbours snoring!

Grz.26

Tough this one..
I lost 4 inchs putting up a stud wall, (not touching the party wall), adding rock wall, then sound block board, (same as plasterboard but heavier and alot denser). seal all joints. depending on experience i would say good part of the days worth...

but touch wood it works. as i have just installed a tv and sound system. (im the noisy one).

redlady_1

I have seen some 52mm boarding that can go up but wondered whether it would work. Is there anything that you can actually just fix to the walls? 4 inches is alot of space for me to lose. The neighbours commented that they could hear me on the phone in the bedroom which kind of disturbed me a little so it seems to go both ways!

ormus

and thats the whole problem. its easy to sound proof a room, given the money.
its very hard to do it with only loosing an inch, of the rooms length/width.

using 2x2 studs with insulation and PB, is a good compromise.

brig001

Are you sure the sound is coming through the walls and not under? Sealing skirting boards to floor will help, but better still, is to lift the floor along that edge and seal the wall under there. Noise can easily travel through the holes that the joists are in, and blocking these up can help a lot.
HTH,
Brian.